L4D is, as always, a blast to play but Resident Evil did zombies in the best way possible. Slow and dumb yet grouped up in small spaces. Pairing that with only 3-4 chances to get hit before death and an ammo limit and Capcom had the perfect formula for scary shit. Every zombie game these days is just an excuse for over the top gore. Noone cares about blowing the face off of a reanimated corpse morally.

oh boo hoo...zombies have always and always will be awesome. Us gamers always need a thrilling mindless and high octane release from all the serious games we play. We love you zombie games dont listen to the author lol L4D and nazi zombies are always fun as well as zombie apocalypse and dead nation.

I still haven't played the zombie game of my dreams, so bring on the zombie games. The closest thing so far for me is the zombie mode in World at War. I know some of the newer CoDs have zombies also but I refuse to buy those games just for one mode and I hate the main CoD modes.

My ideal zombie game would mix elements from Heavy Rain, the original Resident Evil and tower defense games.

I'd have it set in a small English village removing guns altogether. The story would focus on the dynamic between four survivors surviving on a day to day basis scavenging food and supplies. Each building would be accessible and as the days pass it's up to you to best judge where to rest and to suitably secure your location. If you don't you'll be forced to bug out and find somewhere else asap. I'd make it so it could last an hour or 100hrs depending on the choices you make. One bite would mean the end for a character. The other characters reacting to the death of their companion accordingly. When they're all dead it's game over but it would be different each time you play.

I wish Capcom would take whatever engine they use for Dead Rising and make a serious zombie game. I also wish Treyarch would make a standalone zombie game that combines the defensive play of the CoD zombie modes with Left 4 Dead style, moving from point to point and surviving gameplay. I also wish Rockstar would make an open world zombie game that combines Undead Nightmare with Grand Theft Auto. I also wish I would win the lottery. That about covers it. Get on it, Santa.

How about murderous robots? Nah, that's been done too much as well. It's really down to execution of the given genre at this point. There are good zombie games, and there are not so good zombie games, just like anything else.